Women's Tennis — Michelle Schupbach, Coe College, Cedar Falls, Iowa / Waterloo Columbus
Schupbach, a junior, went 2-1 in both singles and doubles at the ITA Midwest Region Championship at St. Peter, Minn. In singles, the fourth-seeded Schupbach posted victories over Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Gretchen Bachmeier (6-2, 6-2) and St. Scholastica's Hillary Bungarden (6-2, 6-0), before being upset by unseeded Laurel Krebsbach of Gustavus (6-3, 6-2) in the round of 16. Seeded eighth in the doubles draw, Schupbach and Tai Lucero defeated Lawrence's Hannah Geoffrey and Christina Schaupp, 8-1, and Gustavus' Krebsbach and Megan Born, 8-2, before falling to the eventual regional champions Kalla Schaefer and Alexandra Bayless of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 8-3, in the quarterfinal round.
Men's Tennis — Noah Sprinkel, Coe College, Minneapolis, Minn. / South
Sprinkel, a freshman, captured both the Flight A singles and doubles titles at the Iowa Conference Men's Tennis Individual Tournament. Seeded sixth in singles, he opened with three straight-set wins, including an upset of No. 4-seed Chris Buckingham of Wartburg, to reach the semifinals. Facing 2011 All-American and top-seeded Nick Garcia of Dubuque in the semis, Sprinkel dropped the first set, but rebounded to take the second set in a tiebreaker and the match tiebreaker by a 10-8 score to advance to the final where he toppled No. 3-seed Ramesh Karki of Luther, 7-6 (4), 7-5 for the title.
Seeded third in the doubles draw, Sprinkel and partner Curtis Newman toppled a pair of Luther tandems to reach the semifinals, where they eked out an 8-6 victory over the second-seeded team of Garcia and Demetrius Johnson. Sprinkel and Newman then captured the title with an 8-3 victory over Luther's Karki and Quinn Foley in the championship match.
Special mention — Nick Garcia, jr., Dubuque; Ramesh Karki, so., Luther; Alex Klaas, so., Coe; Adam Summitt, sr., Simpson
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